The US Presidential Election
Oct 18, 2016
Dr Zim Nwokora
The US Presidential Election

The 2016 presidential election campaign is fascinating to watch from a distance.  On the one hand, the USA seems to love the political dynasties (Bush and Clinton).  On the other, one can only wonder how Donald Trump could manipulate the Republican Party to gain the presidential nomination despite so much internal resistance.

Zim will help us to understand the machinations of the US electoral system and the candidates themselves.

Zim Nwokora is a Lecturer in Politics and Policy Studies at Deakin University. A comparative political scientist by training, he holds a bachelor's degree (in Politics and Economics), a master's degree (in Comparative Government), and a doctorate degree (in American Politics), all from the University of Oxford.

His research concentrates on political parties and political competition, especially questions such as: How do political parties compete? How does their competition impact on public policy outcomes and the performance of political systems? How does political competition change over time? He is also interested in political methodology, especially the analysis of empirical concepts.

Before commencing at Deakin, he held a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, and before that a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia). He has also held part-time teaching positions at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University.